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Earthquakes are geologic events that involve movement or shaking of the earth's crust. Earthquakes are usually caused by the release of stresses accumulated
as a result of the rupture of rocks along opposing fault planes in the earth's outer crust.
These fault planes are typically found along borders of the earth's 10 tectonic plates.
These plate borders generally follow the outlines of the continents, with the Indian plate
subducted with Eurasia in the as continent - continent collision and Ocean -continent in
the east at the tripple juction three plate of Australia-India-Sumatra plate which are set
n motion after the recent Sumatra earthquake 26December 2004 with slip rate 10-12 cm/year.
The epicentral location ( Lat: 34.44N, 73.58E, USGS) of the recent disastrous Muzaffarabad
earthquake Intensity( IX MM) is shown in the figure which is generated from Google earth. The severe damages in the Muzaffarabad in Pakistan
and some regions in Kashmir and Srinagar regions were reported.
March 8,2006: India's western state of Gujarat was struck by a magnitude 5.2 earthquake, the U.S. Geological Survey reported on its Web site.
The quake struck at 11:50 p.m. yesterday Indian time, the Survey said. Its epicenter was in the remote Rann of Kutch area near the border with Pakistan.
People fled from their homes in Ahmedabad, Gujarat's commercial capital, lying about 200 kilometers (125 miles) from the epicenter, the British Broadcasting Corp. reported early today. There aren't any reports of casualties or damage, it said.
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